Quotes

I don't get it. Unless my mirror lies to me, I'm not bad looking. But let me get one look at that face on the screen and I'm sick for a week.

[1950] Dramatic actresses have to fight for jobs, but comediennes are always working. While there are plenty of roles for funny women, you can count the candidates on your fingers - Miss Davis, Betty Hutton, Marie Wilson, Eve Arden, Gracie Allen, Betty Grable, Judy Canova and Cass Daley.

[1944] I'm tired of being the clown with the funny hat and the red nose. I want to do something believable. Every time I'm cast in a picture I'm supposed to come out and be funny. For no reason at all. Or they insist on having me chase a man. There's nothing funny, to me, about that. It's the situation that makes anybody funny.

The woods are full of dramatic actresses, but just try to find a good comedienne. They're scarce as millionaire boy friends.